Rachel Griffiths is an Australian icon. After cutting her teeth in the 1990s on the set of Muriel’s Wedding, Griffiths made the customary pilgrimage to Los Angeles, where she quickly became known for her role in Six Feet Under (or Step Up and My Best Friend’s Wedding, depending on who you ask). Needless to say, she is one of Australia’s most successful exports.
Luckily for us, she’s come back home in recent years, starring in Anyone But You (alongside Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell) and Total Control. It’s the latter that brought her to the 2024 Logies red carpet on Sunday afternoon, thanks to her nomination in the category Best Lead Actress in a Drama for her role as Rachel Anderson.
We were lucky enough to catch a few minutes with Griffiths and her co-star Deborah Mailman (who plays Alex Irving in the show) on the red carpet before they headed into the ceremony.
When asked what designer she chose to wear to the biggest night of the year for Australian television, Griffiths explained that her tuxedo was a special one.
@marieclaire_au She’s a sustainale queen! Rachel Griffiths stepped out onto the 2024 Logies red carpet in custom YSL — but this tux has a special meaning. It’s the very same one her husband, Andrew Taylor, wore at the 2005 Golden Globes. Brb ,crying over here #logies #logies2024 #rachelgriffiths #redcarpet #goldenglobes ♬ original sound – Marie Claire
“I’m wearing custom Yves Saint Laurent that my husband wore to the 2005 Golden Globe Awards,” she told marie claire Australia. “And my gorgeous tailor Billy from South Yarra has remade it for me to wear tonight. [So] I’m warm and I’m having really hot memories of my husband wearing it because he looked so hot.”
Rachel Griffiths and her painter and graphic artist husband, Andrew Taylor, have been married since 2002. Though there doesn’t appear to be any photos of the pair together at the aforementioned Golden Globe Awards (shame on the red carpet photographers of 2005!), we were able to track down a photo of the pair on the Golden Globes red carpet in 2009.
It’s impossible to know whether it’s the same suit, but it does look mightily similar. Regardless, Griffiths has us immediately jumping onto consignment sites to track down our very own vintage tuxedo to repurpose. We just need her to give us Billy’s number to alter it!
This article originally appeared on Marie Claire Australia and is republished here with permission.
